Have you ever heard of bourbon creams? They're one of several ubiquitous tea biscuits seen in the UK. I have an inordinate fondness for them (akin to my unaccountable love of Doritos). From an objective point of view, they are not very good. They don't taste of chocolate or anything much really, other than a bourbon biscuit. They are very crisp and have some sort of chemical-based goo in the middle (the so-called 'cream'). They are not a health food. In fact, they barely make it into the food category at all. And yet. Oh...and yet.
Yesterday I stopped into the Co-op on the way home to get some broccoli and a loaf of bread, and found myself in the biscuit aisle actively searching for bourbon creams. I had to really hunt for them, but found them at last on the bottom shelf with all the other 'common and unspecial' biscuits. (Rich tea, garibaldi, Nice, custard creams, and the like). Then lwhen I got home, I ate something like 7 of them. (But I did do Rodney Yee's Total Body Power Yoga first--man, that workout is killer). What brought that on? Answer arrived this morning. You guessed it--the bourbon attack was this month's PMT. (Well, it's better than yelling about the injustice of dust bunnies then crying because the tomatoes are sliced in the wrong direction! )
Anyway, when I got home tonight I ate the last 4 or 5 bourbons in the packet (I lost count) and did the Cardio Blast premix of Cathe's Low Max. I'm now cooling down and waiting for hubby to get home. I have no idea what I'm fixing for dinner. No wonder, considering I just ate 5 bourbon creams!
I called the passport service today. They haven't sent me any acknowledgement of receipt of my documents, but the girl told me that my passport was approved for printing and should be sent to me in 5-8 days. I'll give it a few weeks then! At least I know they got my stuff. Now I just have to wait to get it back.
Where is everybody? My friends are getting slack--no one seems to be blogging lately!
Posted By: Tawa Chihuahua
Comments to this post:
07/12/2007 13:59
Thanks
for your advice. You're right, I don't need to be told by my friends to stop losing. Each of us knows our own body best. :) Oh, and I've been silently following your blog for a while, and I'm so impressed! You are doing a fantastic job maintaining your loss. I've been wanting to try yoga, and you're helping me feel inspired... :)
My weakness is Lemon Cremes. You'd think the way I ate them that they were the Holy Grail or something. I know where you're coming from . . .
Now, upward bow pose is the backbend I was referring to. It is really difficult to do it the first time, especially outside of a class. Getting your head off the ground is exactly the sticking point. First, the trick is not to try to muscle your way up with your arms. This pose requires a pulling action with your legs--your upper thighs. The upward lift is created when you try to pull your body one way with your legs and the other way with your arms. It took me months of unsuccessful tries to get this.
Also, there's a "training wheels" version of this pose that I still often employ where I put two blocks against the baseboard of the wall. I put my head between them and use them to rest my hands on (heels of the hands on the block, fingers pointing down toward the floor). It gives me a little bit of leverage to get my head off the floor more easily.
I still have to use the blocks unless the class instructor has consciously had us loosening and opening up our backs the entire class. I can't do it "cold", if you know what I mean. I'm certain that I would have never been able to do this pose without a particular teacher I have. She really helped me over time to understand the pose and how to approach it, often physically holding me up until I knew how it was supposed to feel. She sometimes stands near the student's head and has them pull themselves up holding her ankles--just to understand the feeling of the two opposing forces in the body that create the lift.
I hope that's somewhat clear! Sorry I haven't been around the last few days--just been doing other stuff. Since I wasn't getting too many posts on my blog I figured no one cared if I posted or not. I'll have an update for you shortly, though!
